The role of the collection manager
The collection manager is responsible for completely managing the collection management process and executing the operations planning for the organization's intelligence-gathering efforts. Their first duty, before engaging in any type of collection operations planning, is to incorporate PIRs into collection management through the creation of PCRs that align directly with the organization's intelligence-gathering needs. This establishes the baseline collection needs for the organization. While we will deep dive into the creation of PCRs shortly, it goes without saying that the collection manager is also responsible for the recurring evaluation of the PCRs to ensure it meets all the organization's collection needs on a continual basis. Once this is done, then their job is to lead the organization through the collection operations life cycle, which we will discuss later in the chapter.
During each phase of the collection operations...
